Just Joy!

It feels like I never left this beautiful place. Kenya is another home, and my home is becoming homier everyday. As I lie here, on a
top bunk in the girls’ dorm, under my mosquito net, surrounded by 23 sleeping sisters… I am in awe at how The Lord has blessed me. Each
night, after the kids have returned from school, the compound is filled to the brim with hugs and giggles – it seems too good to be true.
These kids are just joy.

The other night, during our nightly devotion
time with the kids, one of the oldest boys,
Ambrose (10th grade), volunteered to close us
in prayer. As he spoke aloud to God, and
because of one specific request he made, I was
just floored at how beautiful The Lord has
made his heart. He prayed the usual requests
such as, “keep us safe through the night, and be
with us during our day tomorrow…” But what
he said next was the kicker. Ambrose
proceeded to pray, “Lord, please be with the
widows and the orphans…”

Ambrose has three other siblings who also live
here at The Hope Centre. Before coming to live
here, Ambrose helped shoulder the responsibility
of caring for himself and his brother and sisters as
they had no guardians or family to provide for
them. Imagine four young children living
absolutely alone, in this village, in a mud hut,
without proper food, clothing, or love. Here is
this orphaned child, praying for other orphaned
children. I’m not sure it gets much sweeter than
that.

Ambrose is really an outstanding person. His love
for others and his fervor for knowing the Lord is
admirable, and I am forever grateful for the love
and discipleship that God is providing through
Living Hope Ministries International. This is what
it’s all about. Giving these kids who were
previously abandoned, left hungry, neglected, and
forgotten, a safe place to live, eat, sleep, learn,
grow, and be loved. This is a place of substance.
This is a place where God is working in and
through these young kids as disciples are being
made and will eventually be sent out.

Praise God for his provision!

Please continue to pray for The Hope Centre—
for those who manage it as well as the kids who
call it home. Please pray for Ambrose—that
Christ will only become a bigger part of his life
and that He will continue to settle within
Ambrose’s heart and stir him with a fiery passion
to reach his community.